Contents

1 The Crooked Cure

2 On Being Real

3 Arabesque

4 Thank You, Molly

5 Don’t Fence Me In

6 Show Some Class for Your Kids

7 You Must Give Up the Hope for a Better Past

8 Get Your Own Damn Fatal Illness: Homage to Ellie

9 Three Cries

10 Creatures of a Day

Afterword

Note to the Reader

Acknowledgments